[GetsTan]

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Christine O'Donnell, back in the news this month promoting her new book, is no longer welcome at a Tea Party event with Sarah Palin this weekend.

O'Donnell was set to appear with Palin, who endorsed O'Donnell's 2010 Senate bid, at a rally in Indianola, IA.

But officials at Tea Party of America, which is hosting the event, told theWall Street Journal on Monday that they were dropping her. While the group's president cited scheduling problems as the cause, co-founder Charles Gruschow offered a very different explanation: backlash from local Tea Party activists upset over O'Donnell's inclusion.

"We decided not to have her speak," Gruschow said. "We felt it was in the best interest of the movement."

[Madjostok]

Just like a candidate dealing with Crazy constituents, they have flip flopped on this already. O'Donnell is re-invited

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...in.php?ref=fpb

Christine O’Donnell Re-Invited To Iowa Tea Party Rally

According to a chagrined tea party leader, Christine O'Donnell will once again be a belle at the movement's ball for Sarah Palin this weekend.

The Delaware News-Journal reports the Iowa-based Tea Party of America re-invited O'Donnell to speak at its Saturday event in Indianola, Iowa after booting her from the list of speakers.

On Twitter late Tuesday, O'Donnell wrote she has "humbly re-accepted the re-invitation."

What happened? From the News-Journal:


"We panicked," said Ken Crow, president and co-founder of Tea Party of America.
Haven't they been in panic mode for three years plus already? I mean it's the home of chicken little.

[Mello]

Panicked? Over what, exactly? Ohhh. Hmm, I wonder if Ms. Palin had anything to do with getting her mini-me back on the bill? Just a thought.

[HotDolly]

In Panicked, I refer to the BIG BAD GOVERNMENT is the problem, plus Obama the socialist,Muslim he's gonna ruin the country. They want me to use those curly light bulbs, oh the horror... And who does Michelle Obama think she is telling me I need to feed my children more fruits and vegetables, Mac n cheese washed down with a soda is so much easier. Taxes, oh the taxes they are unbearable, the sky is falling.

Hopefully it is just a case of my snark meter being broken.

on a side note, I saw the quote below, again, replayed on the R.Maddow show, that was funny, he was way to happy to leave Washington.

"Once you get to Washington there's only so long you can go. There are a number of people there whose tray tables are not in the full, upright and locked position."

- Austan Goolsbee

[xgnuwdd]

Panicked? Over what, exactly? Ohhh. Hmm, I wonder if Ms. Palin had anything to do with getting her mini-me back on the bill? Just a thought.

It may be the only way to make herself look intelligent, by comparison at least.

[yasalaioqe]

It may be the only way to make herself look intelligent, by comparison at least.

Excellent post Pinky -